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Comments: This was a pretty good swim for me. As usual, my calves cramped up pretty bad in the water. I used to think this was because of the cold and that if I wore a wetsuit, I wouldn't cramp. I now think that it is because of the cold and it doesn't matter if I am wearing a wetsuit. The cramping did prevent the use of my legs during the second half of the swim, even to kick enough to keep my legs up. But still, my overall time was better than I usually achieve in the pool (where I have no cramping issues). ![]() Transition 1
Comments: I haven't used a wetsuit very often and forgot about oiling yourself off in order to facilitate wetsuit removal. So it was a pain to get it off. What would you do differently?: Spray Pam or use Body Glide of something. Also, I would have covered up my stuff better and with plastic to keep it all dry for when the downpours started. ![]() Bike
Comments: It rained fairly hard and steadily during the bike. It took the first loop to get warmed up. I don't know the pace figures for each loop, but I am quite sure the second was probably quite a bit better than the first. All of that being said, I have never maintained a 16mph pace in a race before and I know that the course was flat and that helped my pace, I also know that it was cold and rainy and windy at times (not often). My overall goal was to keep my cadence at 90 or above and my pace at 25 kph (I wish I could figure out how to change my cycling computer from kilometers to miles) and I pretty much achieved it. Not sure how my rank could be 538 when there were only 491 people in the race. What would you do differently?: Train more in wet and cold conditions. That was a joke. What I should have done differently was skip the race. ![]() Transition 2
Comments: By this time I was so cold that my fingers weren't working all that well. It was a struggle to unlatch my bike shoes. Fortunately, the only dry thing I had were my socks which were stuffed into my running shoes. Not that they stayed dry very long, but I did at least get to put on dry socks. What would you do differently?: Not sure how I could have improved it. Lots of people were just as cold as I was and did T2 faster, but I don't know their secret. ![]() Run
Comments: My feet were numb for the first half. I was just too cold and miserable to be able to pick up the speed. What would you do differently?: Train more in cold and rain. Ha ha. ![]() Post race
Warm down: Packing up my soggy stuff as quickly as my non-functioning fingers would allow, which was not fast, and getting in my car and turning on the heater to blast. What limited your ability to perform faster: The rain and cold. Of course, more training never hurts. Event comments: For as miserable as the conditions were, overall, it was a pretty good race (time-wise) for me. Go figure. Maybe all that training actually helped. Last updated: 2009-12-05 12:00 AM
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United States
Klein & Clark Sports, LLC
coldF / 0C
Precipitation
Overall Rank = 468/491
Age Group = W 50-54
Age Group Rank = 7/9
Nutrition: Ate a yam and banana shortly after getting up at 5am. Had another banana and a date or two before the race started.
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